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McMurdo Sound

American  
[muhk-mur-doh] / məkˈmɜr doʊ /

noun

  1. an inlet of Ross Sea, in Antarctica, N of Victoria Land.


McMurdo Sound British  
/ məkˈmɜːdəʊ /

noun

  1. an inlet of the Ross Sea in Antarctica, north of Victoria Land

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The C130 Hercules military aircraft carrying Ardern encountered poor weather at McMurdo Sound in Antarctica, the location of several international research stations, according to a government statement.

From Reuters ● Oct. 25, 2022

PM-3A, nicknamed Nukey Poo, was installed at the Navy base at Antarctica's McMurdo Sound.

From Salon ● Aug. 7, 2021

Assuming he was on the same flight path as previous flights and over the vast McMurdo Sound, he wouldn't have foreseen any problems.

From BBC ● Nov. 27, 2019

On Jan. 9, it reached the ice edge at McMurdo Sound.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2019

What the crew could see, therefore, was what appeared to be the distant stretch of flat white ground representing the flat long corridor of McMurdo Sound.

From Judgments of the Court of Appeal of New Zealand on Proceedings to Review Aspects of the Report of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Mount Erebus Aircraft Disaster C.A. 95/81 by New Zealand. Court of Appeal

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